Recent content by DrGrotto

Any sponges or filter media should be cleaned very very frequently IF used at all. Reefs work better without one IMO.

used it for a couple of days. So far so good...but I have noticed an outbreak of maroon algea all over my glass. I don't know if this is because of the reactor stuff but it's the only thing that I believe could be the cause. Thanks for the input guys... DrGrotto

Does anyone know about this product? The bottle claims that this completely does away with calcium reactors. I find this hard to beleive, but have to admit that I would love it if it worked just as well as a reactor. (I can't afford one!) Any input? DrGrotto

Hello, I just purchased two corals from my lfs. One bubble coral and one frogspawn coral. Both looked great in the dealers tanks! I get them home, acclimate them, put them into the tank, and now about a week later the polyps will not fully expand. They seem to creep out in the morning and...

LazyReefer, I have been to Jeff's exotic fish website. It looks ok, but the prices scare me. You really trust them? Have you had any bad experiences? I am looking for a good dealer that I can trust to stock my tank. Thanks... DrGrotto

I have a huge emerald crab that has moulted twice in the three months that I have had him. He started at about an inch, and now he is about 3 1/2 inches from leg tip to leg tip. He is HUGE now compared to what he was when I bought him. It's probably the same crab. How big is your tank? Is...

I have two Emeralds in my tank, one had grown to be quite large and he DOES threaten my fish but so far he hasn't been able to get one. They do like to climb all over your corals though... Hermit crabs are a pain in the butt and they are NOT worth it.

Npadan, that is a nice clam! How long have you had it? What kind of lighting do you use? I'm trying to start a clam lagoon and am looking for tips...

I have a 58 gallon tank and I started out with three green chromisand I am now down to two. I believe that there was a pecking order problem and the little one was killed. The remaining two appear to be doing fine. The only problem is that they don't school as much. I have read from...

Don't they eat hermit crabs? I have hermits and they all seem to be intact. I hope it's not a mantis...

I purchased some live rock to start my new tank back in June and had a really small black crab sitting in the bottom of the box when it got to my home. I put the crab in the tank as it was cycling, not expecting it to live, but hoping it would. I too have noticed something that has been...

I noticed one the other day. It looks just like a spider web sitting between a rock cave I have. It's a small web, I would say about two inches in diameter. I have never observed anything around the web and I don't know what made it yet.

Thanks guys. I moved my water flow and everything, and I mean everything is looking much better. So far my clams have not tipped over again and they look awesome! Thanks for helping out a rookie.

My clams are sitting in the substrate in what I thought was the most light intense area in my tank. I have had the clams for a month or two and they are having trouble rooting themselves in the sand. It may be that they are not in the best place for water flow though. I have a 58 gallon...

I have an emerald crab female who is carrying what appears to be a pouch of eggs in her abdomen. Does anyone know how these crabs lay eggs? What do they need, how long do they carry their eggs etc...